The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists. Unfortunately, poetry cannot celebrate them because their deeds are concerned with things, not persons and are, therefore speechless.


The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)

W. H. Auden Quotes

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists. Unfortunately, poetry...

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists. Unfortunately, poetry...

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists. Unfortunately, poetry...

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists. Unfortunately, poetry...